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studies, he undertook his Ph.D. degree as a Rhodia-Organics
Fellow at Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, with
Prof. István E. Markó. He then moved to the laboratory of Prof.
Alois Fürstner at the Max-Planck Institute für Kohlforschung,
Germany. In October 2008, he started his independent research
career as a FSR-FNRS research fellow at the Université
catholique de Louvain. From October 2012, he worked as a
CNRS research fellow in the group of Professor Samir Z. Zard
at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France, before he accepted
an offer from Palacky University in January 2014 to take up
the Group Leader position referred to above. In 2016, he was
appointed as Assistant Professor at the Department of Organic
Chemistry at Palacky University, and in April 2020, he was
promoted to Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry. He
has received two main awards thus far (Incentive Award 2012
(C.G.B-C.B.B) and Alfred Bader Prize for Organic Chemistry
2014 (Czech Chemical Society)), and has published three
chapters in books and 41 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Daniela Konrádová received her Ph.D. degree in Experimental
Biology from Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic,
under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. Jiˇ rí Pospíšil, Ph.D. Her
dissertation was on the border of two disciplines (organic chemistry and antiparasitic activity). For her doctoral work, she
extended the topic of her Master’s Thesis (phenylpropanoid
compounds) to the field of phenolic compounds inspired by
plant secondary metabolites with potential antileishmanial activities. During the early stages of her doctorate she focused on
organic synthesis with the aim of preparing a medium-sized
chemical library of phenolic compounds suitable for bioactivity
screening. The results of this work have been published in
the “European Journal of Organic Chemistry” (2017) and the
“Journal of Organic Chemistry” (2018). In 2018, Dr Konrádová received support from the Palacký University Endowment
Found and underwent a short research stay in Belgium at Université catholique de Louvain, Groupe de Recherche en Physiologie Végétale (GRPV). There, she extended her knowledge
on plant metabolites. In 2019, with the support of the Mobility
Program from Palacký University she went for six months to The
Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, where she worked in the
Kuvin Centre for the Study of Tropical and Infectious Diseases,
National Centre for Leishmaniasis — Hadassah Medical School.
Currently, Dr. Konrádová is employed at the Czech Academy of
Science, Institute of Experimental Botany and her main interest
is focused on bioactive phenylpropanoid synthesis and their
applications in the context of antileishmanial research.
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studies, he undertook his Ph.D. degree as a Rhodia-Organics
Fellow at Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, with
Prof. István E. Markó. He then moved to the laboratory of Prof.
Alois Fürstner at the Max-Planck Institute für Kohlforschung,
Germany. In October 2008, he started his independent research
career as a FSR-FNRS research fellow at the Université
catholique de Louvain. From October 2012, he worked as a
CNRS research fellow in the group of Professor Samir Z. Zard
at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France, before he accepted
an offer from Palacky University in January 2014 to take up
the Group Leader position referred to above. In 2016, he was
appointed as Assistant Professor at the Department of Organic
Chemistry at Palacky University, and in April 2020, he was
promoted to Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry. He
has received two main awards thus far (Incentive Award 2012
(C.G.B-C.B.B) and Alfred Bader Prize for Organic Chemistry
2014 (Czech Chemical Society)), and has published three
chapters in books and 41 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Daniela Konrádová received her Ph.D. degree in Experimental
Biology from Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic,
under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. Jiˇ rí Pospíšil, Ph.D. Her
dissertation was on the border of two disciplines (organic chemistry and antiparasitic activity). For her doctoral work, she
extended the topic of her Master’s Thesis (phenylpropanoid
compounds) to the field of phenolic compounds inspired by
plant secondary metabolites with potential antileishmanial activities. During the early stages of her doctorate she focused on
organic synthesis with the aim of preparing a medium-sized
chemical library of phenolic compounds suitable for bioactivity
screening. The results of this work have been published in
the “European Journal of Organic Chemistry” (2017) and the
“Journal of Organic Chemistry” (2018). In 2018, Dr Konrádová received support from the Palacký University Endowment
Found and underwent a short research stay in Belgium at Université catholique de Louvain, Groupe de Recherche en Physiologie Végétale (GRPV). There, she extended her knowledge
on plant metabolites. In 2019, with the support of the Mobility
Program from Palacký University she went for six months to The
Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, where she worked in the
Kuvin Centre for the Study of Tropical and Infectious Diseases,
National Centre for Leishmaniasis — Hadassah Medical School.
Currently, Dr. Konrádová is employed at the Czech Academy of
Science, Institute of Experimental Botany and her main interest
is focused on bioactive phenylpropanoid synthesis and their
applications in the context of antileishmanial research.